The lawyers of Lawrence Douglas Harris Sr., on trial for murdering both of his young stepdaughters, are trying to get references to The Satanic Bible banned during trial. Personally, I think the Church of Satan should be requesting the same thing.

According to this article, prosecutors are suggesting that Harris was working a ritual out of The Satanic Bible when he killed the girls. If that is the case, prosecutors have clearly never actually read the book.

LaVeyan Satanists treasure children because they aren't yet burdened down with the constraints of society. Satanists are against ever harming children: statement #9 of the Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth is "Do not harm little children."

And while The Satanic Bible does speak of destroying one's enemies "by proxy" (as prosecutors claim), the context clearly states that the proxy is an object representing the target, which will effectively function like a Voodoo doll. Murdering children to destroy their mother by proxy is a completely nonsensical idea in Satanism, not to mention repulsive.

Harris is not being harmed by being associated with Satanists; Satanists are being harmed by association with Harris.